Protestors walked out of their college classes Thursday during a planned statewide protest of DeSantis and his policies. Last month, he announced plans to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts made in previous years across campuses.
, regardless of its source, on support for initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical race theory or"other discriminatory initiatives."
“In Florida, we will build off of our higher education reforms by aligning core curriculum to the values of liberty and the Western tradition, eliminating politicized bureaucracies like DEI, increasing the amount of research dollars for programs that will feed key industries with talented Florida students, and empowering presidents and boards of trustees to recruit and hire new faculty, including by dedicating record resources for faculty salaries,”DeSantis is 'wrong to mess with Black...
On the Florida State University campus, Ava Anderson said she doesn't agree with any of the policies DeSantis has introduced. And in Sarasota at New College of Florida, which has been a focus of DeSantis' efforts to create a more conservative education model, professor Debarati Biswas said she fully supports the students.
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